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Protecting LGBTQ Sanctuaries Amid Anti-Queer Legislation

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The Pink Times February 1, 2023
Updated 2023/02/01 at 2:03 PM
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This photo provided by Megan Leigh Barnard in January 2023, shows musician Trey Pearson at The Avenue gay bar in Columbus, Ohio. Pearson came out as gay in 2016, and it cost him his faith community and his career as a Christian artist. “There’s a lot of spiritual people in the LGBTQ community, people that have faith,” observed Pearson, who has a revamped music career outside the Christian music world. (Megan Leigh Barnard via AP)

For many members of the LGBTQ community, gay bars and nightclubs serve as sacred places of worship, offering safety and acceptance in a world that often discriminates against them. In light of recent anti-LGBTQ legislation and hate crimes, the importance of protecting these spaces is increasingly essential to many individuals who see them as sacred. From providing a sense of community and belonging to inspiring self-expression, these venues have been a source of spiritual significance for members of the LGBTQ community for decades.

Despite the current 25 remaining lesbian bars in the United States, compared to the 200 that existed in the 1980s, these spaces continue to play a vital role in the LGBTQ community. The dwindling number of bars is partly due to economic barriers, with patrons of lesbian bars typically having less spending power for nightlife than cisgender gay men.

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In her book “Baby, You Are My Religion,” activist and theologian Marie Cartier explores how lesbian butch-femme bars established between World War II and Stonewall functioned as religious sites for the LGBTQ community. In a time when being gay was equated with mental illness, these bars and clubs often provided the first spaces for queer individuals, especially women, to be themselves.

As LGBTQ individuals of faith continue to fight for their rights and acceptance, their sacred spaces, including gay bars and nightclubs, must be protected. Only then can they experience genuine love, connection, and spiritual fulfillment.

TAGGED: anti-LGBTQ legislation, bars, communal, faith, hate crimes, LGBTQ, nightclubs, religious, ritualized movement, sacred, self-expression, spiritual

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